In the Baseline article, “ IT Spending Meets C-Suite Expectations ” Ernst & Young Advisory practice lead, Leslie Blair, outlines the process of IT Cost Optimization and the need for good cost transparency as a starting point.
To understand how IT supports their businesses, executives...

For the first installment of the Lean IT index—a quarterly review of what Apptio customers are doing, how they are reducing cost in IT and how they are driving towards a more Lean operation—I’m focusing on the most popular area for Apptio customers today: Storage.
This does not imply...

As a regular component of this blog, I’m kicking off the Apptio Lean IT Index, where I’ll profile interesting trends and specific strategies customers are implementing to become more “Lean”. By helping customers identify cost savings opportunities in IT, we gain a unique perspective...

As the first big discussion on the Apptio blog, let’s lay it out there: What is IT Cost Optimization?
IT Cost Optimization helps IT departments make better decisions about how they run IT by tracking all cost drivers within IT and allocating those costs to an IT Service (or application or Line...